Police were called to the Bow Tie Cinemas at the Annapolis Harbour Center around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday after getting reports of disorderly conduct.

Several witnesses told police that Kyle Tanner, 25, sat down in the front row of one of the theaters while "Madagascar 3" was playing and began yelling expletives at the screen and the patrons. He left the theater twice and came back a third time, pointing and cursing at people in the audience and simulating that he had a gun.

Police said numerous people fled the theater, and officers were called.

Detectives said Tanner fled the cinema but was arrested in the area of Old Solomons Island Road and Forest Drive.

Tanner was charged with disorderly conduct, reckless endangerment and second-degree assault. Tanner remained in police custody Thursday night after his bail review was postponed until Tuesday, pending an emergency psychiatric evaluation, according to the Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's Office.

The incident comes just weeks after a man walked into a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colo., and shot at patrons who tried to flee. Twelve people were killed and 58 were injured.